millstone

English - Turkish

Definition of millstone in English Turkish dictionary

başbelası

(isim) değirmentaşı

değirmen taş

{i} değirmentaşı

değirmen taşı

Related Terms

nether millstone

alt değirmentaşı

upper millstone

üst değirmentaşı

English - English

Definition of millstone in English English dictionary

A large round stone used for grinding grain

{n} a heavy stone to grind corn with

one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance

one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain any load that is difficult to carry

disapproval If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from. For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck. Either of two flat, round stones used for grinding grain to make flour. The stationary bottom stone is carved with shallow grooved channels that radiate from the centre. The upper stone rotates horizontally, and has a central hole through which grain is poured. The channels of the bottom stone lead the grain onto the flat grinding section, called the land, and to the edge, where it emerges as flour. The best millstones are made from French buhrstone, quarried near Paris. In the U.S., quartz conglomerate, quartzite, sandstone, or granite is used. Stone-ground flour accounts for only a small proportion of milled flour today

(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"

A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour

{i} either of a pair of heavy circular stones between which a grainy substance is ground, grindstone; emotional weight, burden

any load that is difficult to carry

Related Terms

millstone round his neck

heavy burden, great worry, burdensome responsibility

millstone round one's neck

{i} problem that is preventing someone from making progress, stumbling block

lower millstone

lowest stone in a pair of grindstones

millstones

plural of millstone

nether millstone

lower grindstone in a mill

see into a millstone

have a keen sense of perception

upper millstone

superior grindstone in a mill

Hyphenation

mill·stone

Turkish pronunciation

mîlstōn

Synonyms

accountability, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, charge, concern, cross, deadweight, difficulty, encumbrance, grievance, hardship, hindrance

Pronunciation

/ˈməlˌstōn/ /ˈmɪlˌstoʊn/